Zaphney Orto

Zaphney Orto, major and surgeon general in the Second Arkansas Volunteer Infantry. In 1882, he helped prove the connection between malaria and mosquitos.

White man with long mustache and beard in military uniform

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

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